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E l i l j l thExploring overlay journals: the RIOJA projectRIOJA project

Panayiota PolydoratouMartin MoyleMartin Moyle

e-mail: {p.polydoratou, m.moyle}@ucl.ac.uk


The presentation

Introduce the RIOJA projectProvide the definition and scope for an overlay journal y jPresent what we will be doingS d tiSummary and questions


RIOJA explained!

RIOJA means…Repository Interface for Overlaid Journal ArchivesRepository Interface for Overlaid Journal Archives

We aim…To establish a generic module that will enable interoperabilityTo establish a generic module that will enable interoperability between journal software and public repositories in support of the overlay of quality certification The arXiv will be the repositoryThe arXiv will be the repository DPubS the softwareAstrophysics and Cosmology the subject domain


RIOJA explained!

Timescales 1 year – ending March 2008

Who is involved?J i t I f ti S t C itt UKJoint Information Systems Committee, UK –Repositories and Preservation programmeAcademic and research staff & librariansThe institutions:


RIOJA explained!

Why now?Increased subscription costs to journals still a realityChanging circumstances

– More content available in OA Repositories– Mature repositories (eg arXiv) provide Registration, p ( g ) p g ,

Awareness, Archiving: only Certification is missing...– but formal publishing process is lengthy and restrictive

International collaborations forged, initiatives and projects g , p jaddressing issues around open access, but, most importantly…Our academics asked for it!


Definition - Scope

Registration: an author wishes to be acknowledged as the person who carried out a specific piece of research and made a specific discoveryCertification: the author's claims are tested through independent peer review and it is determined that they areindependent peer review, and it is determined that they are reasonable Awareness: the research is communicated to the author's peer groupArchiving: the research is retained for posterity


Definition– Scope

For our purposes, an overlay journal... Is an open access journalIs an open access journalIs built on content deposited to and stored in one or more repositories Utili lit tifi tiUtilizes quality certificationCould provide a cost effective solution to making research outcomes available to the publicpIs sustainable and Adheres to preservation standards


Definition – Scope

Overlay journals and Open AccessIs this a first?s t s a st

Yes for astrophysics and cosmology!No for other sciences. Some examples:

– Annals of Mathematics, Perspectives in Electronic Publishing, Geometry and topology

Open Access – the next step?Open Access the next step? “…overlay journals complement the original BOAI dual strategy

for achieving Open Access…” (HAGEMANN, 2006)


What we will be doing…

Building the RIOJA tool a set of APIs; some for implementation by a repository, some by a a set o s; so e o p e e tat o by a epos to y, so e by ajournal;some required (eg author validation), others optional (eg trackback support)support)

Constructing a demonstrator journalan implementation of the RIOJA tool for arXiv repository andan implementation of the RIOJA tool for arXiv repository and DPubS journal software


Illustration



Define some functional requirements of a community-led journal in Astrophysics and Cosmologyled journal in Astrophysics and CosmologyIdentify factors critical to the successful academic take-up of such a journal in the field of Astrophysicstake up of such a journal in the field of Astrophysics and Cosmology



Questionnaire survey with scientists in the fields of astrophysics and cosmologyp y gy

Top 100 universities and other institutions (Times Higher Education Supplement, World Rankings 2006), arXiv and other domain specific discussion listsspecific discussion lists

Approach members of editorial boards both academicApproach members of editorial boards - both academic editors and managing editors



Recommend a Digital Preservation strategy for content accepted for an arXiv overlay journalcontent accepted for an arXiv overlay journal, supported by life-cycle costing techniquesUse the experience gained by UCL/BL LIFEUse the experience gained by UCL/BL LIFE (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ls/lifeproject/) project, which developed a methodology to enable costs to be identified for digital material across the full life-cycle, including the preservation stage



Sustainabilitywe will be establishing the costs of running the journalwe will be establishing the costs of running the journal,incorporating the feedback on functionality from the surveysfunctionality from the surveys, producing a plan for the sustainability of the demonstrator journal, on a cost-recovery basis.demonstrator journal, on a cost recovery basis.Can the arXiv-overlay journal be sustained, post-project?p p j


Summary

Introduced the RIOJA projectProvided the definition and scope for an overlay journal y jPresented what we will be doingA ti ?Any questions?


Th k !Thank you!


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